{"id":5390,"date":"2018-05-11T09:52:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T13:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/?p=5390"},"modified":"2024-08-30T11:12:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:12:31","slug":"maximize-employee-benefits-with-minimal-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/maximize-employee-benefits-with-minimal-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Maximize Employee Benefits with Minimal Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5391 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/white-board-593349_1280-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"employee benefits with minimal costs\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/white-board-593349_1280-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/white-board-593349_1280-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/white-board-593349_1280-1080x715.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/white-board-593349_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>In an age of doing more with less, it&#8217;s easy to assume that cutting employee benefits will lead to greater profit margins. But more and more studies seem to suggest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/meghanbiro\/2014\/01\/19\/happy-employees-hefty-profits\/#77587825221a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that simply isn&#8217;t the case<\/a>. Having happy, engaged employees is likely to lead to increased performance and financial success for a business.<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t worry \u2013 not all benefits require hefty monetary investments. Check out this\u00a0list from isolved\u00ae of some creative and less-than-traditional ideas for\u00a0low-to-no-cost additional perks that your employees are bound to love, and which will allow you to maximize employee benefits with minimal costs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public recognition for major milestones and excellent customer feedback<\/li>\n<li>Leadership opportunities \u2013 even within a small group and\/or project<\/li>\n<li>Coffee, drink, and snack machines \u2013 perhaps even a popcorn machine?<\/li>\n<li>Contests \u2013 can be just among staff, or maybe engage your customers to participate or judge<\/li>\n<li>Free seminars and discussion groups, such as book clubs or &#8220;lunch and learn&#8221; sessions<\/li>\n<li>Work from home days \u2013 could be once a week, once a month, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Raffles or giveaways for company property no longer in use or needed \u2013 some staff may want an office chair or bookshelf for their home<\/li>\n<li>Short-term distractions to help refresh the mind \u2013 leave some puzzles or board games in the break room<\/li>\n<li>Gym memberships \u2013 group rates are more affordable than individual memberships; you can also offer to split the cost with the employee for an individual rate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you offer benefits to part-time employees? You might want to consider doing so, especially if you are grooming them for full-time positions.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for a better way to manage benefits and track all employee data in one location? We have the solution. Learn about our <a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/what-we-offer\/human-capital-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Capital Management system<\/a> and then <a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/hcm-and-hris-demo-request\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">request<\/a> a free demo!<\/p>\n<p><em>isolved is a registered trademark of Infinisource, Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some additional perks that your employees are bound to love, which will allow you to maximize employee benefits with minimal costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[266],"tags":[20,16,10],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consulting-services","tag-employee-benefits","tag-employees","tag-small-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5390"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5522,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5390\/revisions\/5522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5390"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=5390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}